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Red and near-infrared light with wavelengths between 700 and 1550 nanometers can penetrate a few millimeters into the human body before it is either...



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Figure 1.Images of monkey (Macaca fuscicularis) retina. (a) OCT images at 1 × 3 µm (axial × transverse) resolution and (b) corresponding histology. (Reproduced with permission from W. Drexler, Ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography, J. Biomed. Opt., 9:47–74, 2004)
Figure 2.Endoscopic OCT image of a plaque in the coronary artery of a living patient. (Reproduced with permission from I.-K. Jang et al., Visualization of coronary atherosclerotic plaques in patients using optical coherence tomography: Comparison with intravascular ultrasound, J. Amer. Coll. Cardiol., 39:604–609, 2002)
Figure 3.OCT images of a mouse liver (a) before and (b) after intravenous injection of protein microspheres with a surface monolayer of gold nanoparticles. Inset shows scanning electron micrograph of protein microsphere with surface monolayer of silica nanoparticles. (Reproduced with permission from T.-M. Lee et al., Engineered microsphere contrast agents for optical coherence tomography, Opt. Lett., 28:1546–1548, 2003)